Western Mail Saturday May 8th 1926.   (Strike Edition). FIFTY YEARS AGO- Western Mail May 8th, 1876. A meeting of the council ot the Monmouthshire and South Wales branch of the National Union of Miners was held on Friday at Aberdare. Mr. W. ABRAHAM (president) presided, and there were also present Messrs. Phillip JONES (vice-president), of Abertillery; Henry MITCHARD, Blackwood; Isaac CONNICK, Merthyr; James WINDSOR, Neath; Henry ROWLANDS, Rhondda; David POWELL, Old Tredegar and Samuel DAVIES, secretary. Messrs. NEWLAND, HUNT and WILLIAMS sold at Newport on Friday the freehold residence, The Lawn, Caerau-crescent, to Mr. H.S.N. HODGE for £2,375. Messrs. LLOYD and PRATT were the solicitors. A verdict of "Accidental death" was recorded at the inquest at Abersychan on Friday on Frederick POWELL 39, financial clerk at the Blaensychan colliery, who was found dead in his office on Monday with a deep wound in the thigh. A piece of wood which he had apparently been shoding into a spill was produced, and the theory was advanced that the pocket-knife slipped, severing the femoral artery. Death was due to hemorrhage and shock. A young man named FISH, of Lewis-road, Llandough, was adjusting a belt on a revolving pulley at Llandough saw mills when his clothing became entangled in the machinery. He was swept off his feet and hurled with such violence that he was killed almost instantly. Barry Island.- Nell's Point Tea Rooms; large and small parties catered for; moderate charges.- Mrs. PERKINS , Proprietress. First-class Two Ton Nercediss Lorry, for Sale, £50.- HARRISON, Engineer, Merthyr. Was there such a vehicle or was it Mercedes.? Sorry about the 128- Betweenmaid, should have been under 18. John Patrick. John Patrick.